The 96th Tour de France, the world's most famous cycling competition, is again going to be supported by  Škoda Auto, for the sixth consecutive year.

The first thing that you notice about the car is its appearance. The designers’ work is at the very beginning of the whole car’s development. How does the Head of exterior design Karl Neuhold see the new Yeti model?

Just like at the Azores Rally, Škoda Motorsport team came second at the Ypres Rally in Belgium, thanks to an excellent performance put in by Kopecký. Hänninen finished fifth.

After the Monte Carlo Rally and the Azores Rally, the Škoda Motorsport team has announced that it will appear at the next IRC event, the Ypres Rally in Belgium (18 – 20 June).

Škoda Auto commemorated the 100th anniversary of its subsidiary plant in Vrchlabí this weekend. Last year in September, the plant celebrated one millionth vehicle manufactured after the merger with Volkswagen in 1991.

Reacting flexibly to the growing demand for small cars, Škoda Auto has increased the production of the Škoda Fabia from 1,000 to 1,200 vehicles a day.

Having won an internal tender within the VW Group, the engine manufacturing plant in Mladá Boleslav is going to manufacture new transmissions for a small family car.

On Tuesday, 12 May, 2009, the first mass-produced Škoda Yeti left the assembly line of Škoda Auto's plant in Kvasiny. Earlier on, the Yeti has has gone through the intensive tests in Norway.

The Czech crew of the Škoda Motorsport factory team made up of Jan Kopecký and Petr Starý came as runners-up on the Acores Islands, in their second appearance in the IRC championship.

Despite the ongoing worldwide economic crisis, Škoda Auto was able to finish the first quarter in the black with an operating profit of approximately €28 million.